| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene amoena L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 417 (1753) |
| Native Range | e. Europe to Siberia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 600-4200m |
| Description | leaves linear-lanceolate, at base crenate, stem leaves 2-3 pairs, linear or subulate, inflorescence paniculate, flowers thinly pedicellate, calyx 1cm long, purple striate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cucubalus dauricus Pall. ex Bunge Cucubalus sibiricus Willd. ex Walp. Cucubalus staticifolius Poir Silene amoena ssp. igoschinae Tzvelev Silene baicalensis Turcz. Silene graminifolia var. subglabra Regel & Tiling Silene graminifolia var. tenuis (Willd.) Regel & Tiling Silene graminifolia f. tenuis (Willd.) Regel Silene jenisea var. latifolia Turcz. Silene jeniseensis f. latifolia (Turcz.) Schischk. Silene jeniseensis var. latifolia (Turcz.) Y.Z.Zhao Silene repens Boiss. Silene sajanensis Less. ex Ledeb. Silene tenuifolia Otth Silene tenuis Willd. Silene viscaginoides Hornem. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |